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cybersecurity
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Anne Bonaparte, CEO of Appthority (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: How does your system access all of the data that apps are capturing? What is doable in terms of scanning what the apps are doing on these devices that are being plugged into the enterprise? Anne Bonaparte: We can pull the app inventory from EMM systems. In the cloud, we are doing this
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Rao Papolu, CEO of Cavirin (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: That’s good segue into another question that I want to end this conversation with. There are lots of reports coming out now that quantum computing is becoming more of a reality. Quantum computing in the hands of the hackers is an incredibly dangerous phenomenon. How do you see the world changing as that
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Rao Papolu, CEO of Cavirin (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: I’m asking the question a bit more not specific to your particular solution. I’m trying to get you to forget that you are the CEO of your company and just really give me an objective analysis of how to make this decision. As I’m speaking with you, I’m thinking that I’m going to
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Rao Papolu, CEO of Cavirin (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Can you go back and answer my question? Whom do you see in deals even if they’re point products? I understand your positioning. It’s more of an umbrella solution that tackles all of those configurations. What specifically are the competitors that you see? Rao Papolu: When it comes to data center space, companies
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Rao Papolu, CEO of Cavirin (Part 1)
The cyber security market is intensely rich in startup activity and equally rich in threats. This conversation explores some of the challenges of CISO’s face today. We will bring you some CISO interviews soon to extend this conversation. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself and Cavirin. Rao Papolu: I studied at
Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Tracy Metzger, COO of Vesta (Part 3)
Tracy Metzger: Vesta processes anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 transactions a day and up towards $18 billion in payments a year. We carry elements like their mobile devices and desktop devices. We know the operating systems, screen dimensions, their page viewing history on certain e-commerce websites, and their social reputation information where it’s applicable. There are
Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Tracy Metzger, COO of Vesta (Part 2)
Tracy Metzger: Whether it’s mobile carriers when they’re doing prepaid businesses where credit card acceptance immediately fulfills minutes to a phone, or digital goods companies like e-ticketing, or software downloads, all these things have an after-market value. Those companies spend anywhere from 14% to 20% of their total SGNA on managing fraud. It’s a huge
Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Tracy Metzger, COO of Vesta (Part 1)
There is a lot of fraud in online payments. This discussion explores the field, and Tracy also provides a pointer to a great open problem that an entrepreneur can look into. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing you and Vesta to our audience. Tracy Metzger: I’m the COO of Vesta. I’m a 25-year veteran of
